While the state of Alabama does not have lot of coastline, it has some, and it also has Mobile Bay, which adds a bit to the length of coastline. So it has a few lighthouses, too. And Mobile Bay has a lighthouse right in the middle of the bay, so naturally it's called either the Mobile Bay lighthouse or the Middle Bay lighthouse. I went with the latter.
If you don't know where Mobile Bay is, you should brush up on your geography, but I'll still provide a map to show where it is.
It's still there, too -- but that wasn't certain, because after they renovated it, it got hit by a shrimp boat, and twice they proposed to move it onshore. But that hasn't happened.
So, what else can we find out about it? From the Lighthouse Directory:
"1885. Active (privately maintained); focal plane 48 ft (14.5 m); red flash every 6 s. 48 ft (14.5 m) screwpile lighthouse (sibling of Hooper Strait MD) with hexagonal frame keeper's quarters, painted white; lantern removed 1967. 155 mm solar-powered lens on 6 ft (1.8 m) mast centered on the roof. The original 4th order Fresnel lens is on display at the Fort Morgan Museum."
And also this: Learn the history behind Alabama’s 136-year-old Middle Bay Lighthouse
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